Garment



L. N. REGER June 27, 1950 GARMENT Filed Dec. 1,, 1945 INVENTOR fee7laeyet Faye:

ATTORNEY Patented June 27, 1950 UNITED s'rA rEs or FLCE' GARMENJE'liee'iNaeger. Reger, Burbank, Galifi. Application flecembenl,1945,,Senial::No; .632, 1717! 2 Claims;

This invention relateatogarments. and deals v more particularly with agarment. combining; a

skirt and what isrkncwn inthe trade. as panties.

An, important object of, the: presentv invention. isto provide a novel.oombination--. garment, .especially for, feminine play orsport-wear,.whichsemr-- and to the front part of a: common waist-,bandiso that; the; garment. retains: its: position; on. the body offaawearerunder alLconditions of? Another. object. of. the. invention; is to:provide a: combination. garment. such; as: indicated, enrbndying novel.means. for. separably connecting the drop-backportionoithe panties toazwa'iste band.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination garmentlwhich embodiesdropback pantiesand in which the drop portion? of thepanties is provided with means obviating binding in the crotch of awearer.

This invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objectswhich may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of oneembodiment of the invention. For this purpose there is shown a form inthe drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.This form will now be described in detail, illustrating the generalprinciples of the invention; but it is to be understood that thisdetailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since thescope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a combination garment embodying thisinvention;

Figure 2 is a back view thereof;

Figure 3 is a back view showing the skirt in raised position and brokenaway, one side of the drop portion of the panties being dropped;

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the drop portion of the pantiescompletely dropped;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side view showing the skirt raised and thedrop part of the panties partly dropped; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view as taken online 66 of Figure 1.

The combination garment which is illustrated may be said to comprise awaist-band III, a skirt I l secured to the waist-band'and hangingpendant. therefrom in. a. conventional. manner, panties [2, having. a.droprback. t3 and. secured to the. waist-band. Ill, only at,- the. frontthereof,.,means-.- II: forseparably connecting. the drop-back portion l3of the, panti'esto the waisteband. and; means l5 obviating saidLdropback. portion, bind.- ingginlthe crotchof 'thawearen- Thelwaist-band,lflgisiofigenerally. typical form being. made: on a donbled..back. band.providing. outer, and; inner. layers. [6C and L1, respectively,to:formal-bottom,pwipheral opening,..into which. theupper. edges oftheifront part, [81 of. &the-panties, and. both: the. front. I85 and,the back 2.0. of; the: skirt are placed, to be stitched inlplace, along,the seam 2|. In a conventional manner,. the waistrband Ill isiseparablyopen. at. the ,back so thatthe. garment. can. be! readily, donned and.removed. Fastening. means such as buttons. 22,,

snap fasteners. or hooks-and eyes are. providedcovering; the pantiesL21. Abackslitimtisformed;

the: skirt in. alignment with; the: opening in; the waist-band in ausual manner.

The front l8 of the panties I2 is also of conventional form, with theexception that its upper edge is affixed to the waist-band [0 togetherwith the upper edge of the skirt front ill, by the common line ofstitching 2|. The leg-engaging portions 24 of the panties may either begathered as shown, or may be'finished off in any suitable manner. Thepanties I2 are provided with a back 25, which is secured to the pantiesfront 18 along side seams 26, which extend upward from the lower edge ofthe leg-engaging portions 24 to an intermediate point 2'! of the lengthof the panties. In this manner, the upper portion 28 of the back 25 ofthe panties, comprises the drop back [3 and is free to be dropped aslimited by the seams 26 and the top points thereof 21.

The means l4 for separably connecting the drop-back [3 to the waist-bandI0 is shown as comprising tabs 29, each having a button or the like 30for engagement with button holes 3| provided in the upper free cornersof the drop-back l3. Accordingly, the tabs 29 are each secured to thegarment at either side thereof and preferably by the line of stitching2|.

The panties are preferably made of fabric, having Warp and weft runningvertically and horizontally for the purpose of providing a proper fit ofthe panties. In the usual manner, the

back 25 of the panties is formed with a central seam 32 connecting theleft and right side parts of the back 25. Although this structure isconventional, the limited ability of the back 25 to stretch as, forinstance, when the wearer is in a sitting position, causes the seam 32to bind on the person of the wearer in a discomforting manner. Toobviate this fault, a panel of fabric 33, comprising ,the means I5, isstitched as at 34 to the inner side of .the back 25 and" across the seam32, and extending downward from the top edge of the drop portion 28 toand including a portion of the crotch of the panties. The and weft ofthe fabric :panel 33 is arranged on'a" bias so that said panel is ableto stretchireely vertically and horizontally under tensioning in- 4 partway only to the waist line to form a drop back; means for detachablysecuring the upper end of said drop back to said waist band; and a wovenfabric panel secured in said arment with t l 1e threads of said fabricdisposed in bias relation with respect to the weave of said panties, and.covering substantially all the rear portion of said seam as well as thecrotch portion thereof. 1 a

I 2. In a garment: means forming a waist band adapted to encircle thewearers waist; means including left and right side parts joined along aduced by the natural movement and posturesassumed by the wearer of thegarment. The panel 33, by covering that portion of the seam 32 mostlikely to bind, prevents discomfort of the wearer from this source. I

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a novel combination garment hasbeen provided; that the garment is one suitable for play or sport wear,ofiering freedom of movement with attend ing comfort; that the garmentneed not be essentially disturbed from its position on the wearer whenthe drop-backis dropped, it merely requiring the elevation of the rearof the skirt to give access to the drop-back fastening means; and thatthe waist-band can remain in position on the body during manipulation ofthe dropback, and, if desired, portions of the skirt may be tucked intosaid waist-bandto free'the hands of the wearer.

I claim:

1. In a garment: means forining a waist band adapted to encircle thewearers waist; means i'ncentral seam extending down the back of thecrotch, to form panties, the upper edge of the portions of the pantiesbeing permanently joined along the respective sides from their lowerends part way only to the waist line to form a drop back; means fordetachably securing the upper end of said drop back to said waist band;and a woven fabric panel secured in said garment with the threads ofsaid'fabric disposed in bias relation with respect to the weave of saidpanties, and extending from the waist line to cover the rear and-crotchportions of'said seam. LEE NAEGER REGER.

REFERENCES CITED Ihefollowing references; are of record in th file ofthis patent:

I UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 286,503 Great Britain Mar. 8, 1928

